Turkey at the 2006 World Women's Boxing Championship
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Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
(listed as TUR) participated in the 4th World Women’s Boxing Championship
2006 World Women's Boxing Championship
The 2006 Women's World Amateur Boxing Championships was an international women's boxing competition hosted by India from November 18 to November 23, 2006 in New Delhi...
held between November 18 and 23, 2006 in New Delhi
New Delhi
New Delhi is the capital city of India. It serves as the centre of the Government of India and the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi. New Delhi is situated within the metropolis of Delhi. It is one of the nine districts of Delhi Union Territory. The total area of the city is...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. With twelve women boxer
Women's boxing
Women's boxing first appeared in the Olympic Games at a demonstration bout in 1902. For most of the 20th century, however, it was banned in most nations. Its revival was pioneered by the Swedish Amateur Boxing Association, which sanctioned events for women in 1988. The British Amateur Boxing...
s participating, Turkey garnered two medals, one gold and one bronze. It ranked 5th in the unofficial medal table.
Participants
- 46 kg - Derya AktopDerya AktopDerya Aktop Akı is a Turkish female boxer. She won a bronze medal in the 48 kg category at the 2002 Women's World Amateur Boxing Championships held in Antalya, Turkey and a silver medal in the 46 kg category at the 2004 Women's European Amateur Boxing Championships held in Riccione,...
, AnkaraAnkaraAnkara is the capital of Turkey and the country's second largest city after Istanbul. The city has a mean elevation of , and as of 2010 the metropolitan area in the entire Ankara Province had a population of 4.4 million....
(TSE) - 48 kg - Gülseda Başıbütün, Ankara
- 50 kg - Hasibe ErkoçHasibe ErkoçHasibe Erkoç is a Turkish female boxer. She is a member of the TSE club in Ankara, Turkey.She represented her country in the Flyweight category at the 4th World Women's Boxing Championship held between November 18 and 23, 2006 in New Delhi, India...
, Ankara (TSE) - 52 kg - Sümeyra KayaSümeyra KayaSümeyra Kaya-Yazıcı, née Kaya, is a European champion Turkish female boxer competing in the flyweight division. She is a member of the Fenerbahçe Boxing club in Istanbul, Turkey....
, İstanbulIstanbulIstanbul , historically known as Byzantium and Constantinople , is the largest city of Turkey. Istanbul metropolitan province had 13.26 million people living in it as of December, 2010, which is 18% of Turkey's population and the 3rd largest metropolitan area in Europe after London and...
(Fenerbahçe) - 54 kg - Sabriye Şengül, TrabzonTrabzonTrabzon is a city on the Black Sea coast of north-eastern Turkey and the capital of Trabzon Province. Trabzon, located on the historical Silk Road, became a melting pot of religions, languages and culture for centuries and a trade gateway to Iran in the southeast and the Caucasus to the northeast...
- 57 kg - Nagehan Gül, KocaeliIzmitİzmit is a city in Turkey, administrative center of Kocaeli Province as well as the Kocaeli Metropolitan Municipality. It is located at the Gulf of İzmit in the Sea of Marmara, about east of Istanbul, on the northwestern part of Anatolia. The city center has a population of 294.875...
- 63 kg - Perihan Vurkan, ÇankırıÇankırı-Agriculture:Various produce like wheat, corn, beans, apple etc. are grown in the farms, and fields that are rich of water.-Industry:Most of the industry is located near the city center and Korgun. Other towns that are in the industrial map of the city are Şabanözü, Çerkeş, Ilgaz, Kurşunlu, and...
- 66 kg - Yeliz Yeşil, OrduOrduOrdu 'army') is a port city on the Black Sea coast of Turkey, and the capital of Ordu Province. Estimated population c. 2010: 141,341.-Etymology:...
- 70 kg - Nurcan ÇarkçıNurcan ÇarkçiNurcan Çarkçı Göksel is a Turkish female boxer. Since the end of 2006, she is member of the sports club Kıraç Municipality in Istanbul, Turkey....
, İstanbul - 75 kg - Hatice Aliç, İzmirIzmirIzmir is a large metropolis in the western extremity of Anatolia. The metropolitan area in the entire Izmir Province had a population of 3.35 million as of 2010, making the city third most populous in Turkey...
- 80 kg - Selma YağcıSelma YagciSelma Yağcı is a Turkish female boxer competing in the cruiserweight division. She is a member of the Municipality club in Denizli, Turkey....
, DenizliDenizliDenizli is a growing industrial city in the Southwestern part of Turkey and the eastern end of the alluvial valley formed by the river Büyük Menderes, where the plain reaches an elevation of about a hundred meters. Denizli is located in southwestern Turkey, in the country's Aegean Region.The city... - 86 kg - Şemsi YaralıSemsi YaraliŞemsi Yaralı is a world and European champion Turkish female boxer competing in the heavyweight division. She is a member of the TSE club in Ankara, Turkey....
, Ankara (TSE)
Technical director: Selahattin Başaran, Ankara
Medals2006 World Women's Boxing ChampionshipThe 2006 Women's World Amateur Boxing Championships was an international women's boxing competition hosted by India from November 18 to November 23, 2006 in New Delhi...
| 2006 World Women’s Boxing Championship | ||||
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| Weight | Name | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 50 kg | Hasibe Erkoç Hasibe Erkoç Hasibe Erkoç is a Turkish female boxer. She is a member of the TSE club in Ankara, Turkey.She represented her country in the Flyweight category at the 4th World Women's Boxing Championship held between November 18 and 23, 2006 in New Delhi, India... |
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| 86 kg | Şemsi Yaralı Semsi Yarali Şemsi Yaralı is a world and European champion Turkish female boxer competing in the heavyweight division. She is a member of the TSE club in Ankara, Turkey.... |
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| Total | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Results by event
| 46 kg | |||
| November 19, 2006 | N Branbayeva  |
12 - 8 | |
| 48 kg | |||
| November 19, 2006 | Gülseda Başıbütün |
23 - 24 |  |
| 50 kg | |||
| November 20, 2006 | Hasibe Erkoç |
6 - 4 |  |
| November 22, 2006 SF | Chhoutu Loura  |
8 - 17 | |
| November 23, 2006 F | Hasibe Erkoç |
18 - 12 | |
| 52 kg | |||
| November 20, 2006 | Sümeyra Kaya |
6 - 18 | |
| 54 kg | |||
| November 18, 2006 | E Klinefelter |
7 - 20 | |
| November 20, 2006 | Sabriye Şengül |
13 - 22 |  |
| 57 kg | |||
| November 18, 2006 | O Sydorenko |
8 - 26 | |
| November 19, 2006 | Nagehan Gül |
26 - 12 |  |
| November 21, 2006 | Mihaela Cijevschi  |
20 - 12 | |
| 63 kg | |||
| November 20, 2006 | Perihan Vurkan |
2 - 17 |  |
| 66 kg | |||
| November 20, 2006 | Aruna Mishra |
17 - 7 | |
| 70 kg | |||
| November 18, 2006 | Nurcan Çarkçı |
RSCOS |  |
| November 20, 2006 | Olga S  |
20 - 14 | |
| 75 kg | |||
| November 18, 2006 | Hatice Aliç |
RSC |  |
| November 18, 2006 | Jinzi Li |
16 - 1 | |
| 86 kg | |||
| November 20, 2006 | Şemsi Yaralı |
21 - 7 | |
| November 22, 2006 SF | Elena Surkova |
10 - 9 | |
Abbreviations:
- SF Semi-finals
- F Finals